A room
where the sector's real problems get said out loud.
The Impact Lab is where we gather leaders, funders, practitioners and people with hard-won experience to talk through problems that do not fit neatly into a panel discussion. Sessions are recorded and shared through our social channels.
Small rooms. Honest questions.
No keynote, no sponsor slides. One real problem, people who have lived it, and a conversation that goes somewhere useful.
A live problem
Someone brings a situation they are actually stuck in — funding, governance, capacity, trust.
Experienced voices
Leaders and specialists who have handled a version of it, from inside and outside the sector.
Something to take away
Every session ends with practical moves, not a summary of how hard everything is.
The topics that keep coming back
- Funding models that do not depend on one relationship
- Burnout, capacity and what teams are quietly absorbing
- Ethical storytelling and who gets to tell whose story
- AI and technology in organisations with no tech budget
- Governance, boards and difficult conversations
- Working across communities, languages and newcomer realities
Notes and write-ups
- September 30, 2026National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- May 19, 2026How "connected" is your organization?
- April 22, 2026Resilience in Diaspora Communities: Navigating Ongoing Crisis and Coping Through Connection – A Collective Voice
- December 10, 2025Beyond ‘Canadian Experience’: Why Canada’s Most Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving and How to Fix It
- November 27, 2025The Trust Equation: Why Your Next Great Story Should Be About Failure
- November 20, 2025Stop hunting, Start banking: How to build your organization’s shared story bank
Want to bring a problem to the table?
Sessions are small on purpose. Tell us what you are working through and we will let you know when the next one fits.